Blog jam: AudioFemme

I'm Annie White and AudioFemme is a collective of female music journalists. Lindsey Rhoades and I had the idea one evening about a year ago. There was a lot of tequila involved. Too much, probably. Ellie White (my sister) is the web designer. She also helps with creative development. We like to keep it in the family.

In addition to producing original content, Lindsey and I oversee all editorial aspects of the blog, and manage a slew of exceptionally talented lady writers.

Where are you based?

We live in Brooklyn, but we have contributors based all over the globe, from Los Angeles to Chambéry, France. Good music happens everywhere.

Describe your blog in a sentence.

Badass girls opining shamelessly about music they love.

How long has your blog been going?

Since January 2012.

What do you write about?

The music we cover isn't specific to any one genre or trend. We love connecting with musicians, so we do a lot of artist profiles and live show reviews. For us, it's not enough to make obscure references comparing one band to another; we're more interested in chronicling the experiential aspects of the music that moves and grips us. This opens up a range of topics independent of more rigid and conventional tropes.

Why should people visit your blog?

AudioFemme is for anyone who has ever found themselves unsatisfied with an intellectualised discussion about music. We try to stay away from meaningless blurbs that, while functional and factual, are dimensionless, and do not reflect a connection to the music itself. Music blogs, statistically, are dominated by male writers. And though we do love those guys, we started AF to provide a platform for alternative perspectives.

What's your top song right now?

Can we pick two? We're picking two.

First, we are indeed, obsessed with Solange. She could have done the obvious and decided to make conventional R&B (like Alicia Keyes, for example) but instead she's approached music-making from a much more refreshing and quirky angle, and has collaborated with some of our favourite indie artists such as Twin Shadow. Plus her style is killer. "Losing You" is pretty much all we want to hear on New Year's Eve.

The other artists we're currently blown away by is this Swedish psych band, Goat. They're just incredibly talented and creative. Music of this calibre seems to come exclusively out of socialist countries. Why is that?